The AMD Opteron 3350 HE was a server/workstation processor with 4 cores, launched in December 2012, at an MSRP of $125. It is part of the Opteron lineup, using the Delhi architecture with Socket AM3+. Opteron 3350 HE has 8 MB of L3 cache and operates at 2.8 GHz by default, but can boost up to 3.8 GHz, depending on the workload. AMD is building the Opteron 3350 HE on a 32 nm production process using 1,200 million transistors. The silicon die of the chip is not fabricated at AMD, but at the foundry of GlobalFoundries. The multiplier is locked on Opteron 3350 HE, which limits its overclocking capabilities.
With a TDP of 45 W, the Opteron 3350 HE consumes typical power levels for a modern PC. AMD's processor supports DDR3 memory with a dual-channel interface. The highest officially supported memory speed is 1866 MT/s, but with overclocking (and the right memory modules) you can go even higher. For communication with other components in the system, Opteron 3350 HE uses a PCI-Express Gen 2 connection. Although neither the processor nor its chipsets support integrated graphics, certain motherboards include dedicated graphics chipset that can provide some basic display output functionality.
Hardware virtualization is available on the Opteron 3350 HE, which greatly improves virtual machine performance. Programs using Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) will run on this processor, boosting performance for calculation-heavy applications.